"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
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Plewaas provide a list of "many" stouts that are "much, much better"
than Guiness.

Off the top of my head...

Sierra Nevada
North Coast Old No. 38
St. Ambrose oatmeal stout (McAuslan Brewing Co., IIRC)
Bell's Double Cream Stout
Bell's Expedition Stout
Goose Island oatmeal stout
Dogfishead World Wide Stout
Victory Storm King Imperial Stout
Rogue Shakespeare Stout
North Coast Old Rasputin
Young's Double Chocolate Stout
Sheaf Stout

These are all sold bottled, and have been pretty readily available in places
I've lived in the States. I haven't even gotten into the numerous brewpub
stouts that are also much better.

My smart-ass response to which stouts are better than Guinness would be
"pretty much all of them." I find Guinness to be incredibly overrated. It's
thin, one-dimensional and not all that interesting. The old Guinness Extra
Stout was a great beer, but that's since been horribly *******ized since
Diageo moved it to being contract brewed at Labbat.

-Steve